Privacy Policy

POSTED October 1, 2016

Thank you for visiting the bestfriended website, the "Website", which is owned and provided by bestfriended. Your use and access of the Website is governed by and subject to the following Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, or if you do not agree with our Terms and Conditions, which are available by clicking HERE, please do not use the Website or any services offered by the Website.

BY ENTERING, ACCESSING, BROWSING, SUBMITTING INFORMATION TO, OR OTHERWISE USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

 

The Information We Collect:

• Personal Information
• Opting-In and Opting-Out
• Usage Information
• Third Party Advertising

Use of Information Collected:

• Mobile Applications
• Text Messaging

Disclosure of Your Information:

• Linked Sites
• Security Procedures

Special Note to International Users:

• Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy
• Miscellaneous

 

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

In order to use the Website you will need to create an account and provide several types of personally identifiable information ("Personal Information"). We may also collect certain non-personally identifiable, indirect and/or aggregate information as a result of your use of, and interaction with, the Website (collectively, "Usage Information").

Personal Information

When you visit bestfriended, we may ask you to provide Personal Information.  Depending upon the activity you are attempting to complete, this may include any of the following:

• name
• e-mail address
• mailing address
• phone number
• other personal information as necessary

Also, your email address and/or your domain name may be automatically recognized when you visit our Website.  You may choose not to provide any Personal Information that we ask for.  If you choose not to provide the Personal Information that we ask for, it is possible that you may not be able to participate in that activity or the full functions of the Website.

 

Opting-In and Opting-Out

You may be asked to agree to receive communications about special offers or programs from bestfriended, and any of our affiliated brands or divisions ("Opt-In").  In the event that you provide your email address via a channel that does not include a mechanism for you to affirmatively Opt-In, such as by email, you agree that by providing your email address, you are completing an Opt-In and that you will be responsible for opting-out of receiving any future communications about special offers or programs.

 

Usage Information

We may also use certain standard web measurement and tracking technologies such as "cookies," web server logs, or other statistics programs to collect Usage Information and track and record how you use the Website. Usage Information helps us measure the success of the Website and its features or pages and to improve your online experience. Your browser may have an option that allows you to accept cookies, reject cookies, or receive notification when a cookie is sent, but you should note that the use of such restrictive browser settings might limit your use of the Website. In addition, we may utilize use web beacons (also known as "action tags" or "one pixel .gif files") to recognize you when you visit the Website. We do not use spy ware, adware or any other similarly intrusive software. We may also use other technology, called clear GIFs, to provide us with other important anonymous information, such as when an e-mail has been opened.

 

Third Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies and/or media partners to serve ads on our Website and/or on the sites on which we advertise. Please note that these companies may use Usage Information about your visit to the applicable site in accordance with the policies on the site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. In addition, we may use web beacons provided by third-party advertising companies to help manage our online advertising. These web beacons enable us to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits this Website to learn which advertisements bring users to our Website. To learn more about third-party advertising companies, cookies and how to "opt-out" of this type of advertising, please go to http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

 

USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

We use your information for the following business purposes:

• to provide the services you request;
• to respond to inquiries we receive from you or in connection with a transaction you initiate;
• to analyze, manage and improve the Website;
• to notify you of special offers and other services that we believe may be of interest to you or to send you current mailings;
• to provide you with advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you;
• to help us diagnose problems with our server or other technical issues relating to the performance of the Website; or
• for any other specific business purpose stated at the time you provide your information.

We collect only the Personal Information necessary to complete your specific request. We do not condition your participation in any specific activity on our Website on the disclosure of more Personal Information than is reasonably necessary to complete that activity. You expressly authorize us to share your personal information with certain third parties retained by bestfriended to the extent necessary to perform any of the business purposes listed above. Please also note that in connection with certain requests, you may be transferred to a different web site, which has a different privacy policy. Please review their privacy policy before using that website. If you do not want to be contacted for these purposes or if you would like to obtain a copy of the personal information gathered by this Web site or correct or delete such information from our database, please send us an e-mail with your concern or question. If you voluntarily disclose Personal Information (e.g., name, email address, personal photographs) in a community forum, such information may be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other parties. We have no control over this type use of your Personal Information and are not responsible for that use.

 

Mobile Applications

From time to time, we may offer certain mobile applications, including is applications ("Apps"), for download. We are not responsible for the actions of such third parties. You should always read and understand the policies of any third party provider, such as Google with respect to Android apps and Apple with respect to IOS apps, and your wireless carrier, before making any purchase or downloading any app.

 

Text Messaging

We may provide you with the ability to send or receive text messages.  By providing your email and/or home number you agree that we may send messages to your email and/or phone number about new products, promotions, services or offers. Although there is no fee associated with this service, your carrier may charge you for each message you receive in accordance with your calling plan. You agree that we are not responsible in any way for such charges.

 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose information we collect from and about you when we have reason to believe that such disclosure is necessary:

• to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, customers or other users of the Website, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities;
• to enforce the Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, investigate and defend against any third-party claims or allegations, and/or protect the security or integrity of the Website;
• to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws;
• to our business partners for research, analytical and marketing purposes, and/or to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies;
• otherwise with your consent.

 

We may sell or buy other businesses or entities. In such event, we may transfer or assign the information we have collected as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In such transactions, your Personal Information may be included in the transferred business assets.  Also, in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, we may not be able to control how your Personal Information is treated, transferred, or used and your Personal Information may be included in the transferred assets.  We may use your Usage Information to identify and develop products and services that may be of interest to you and/or share this information with certain third parties for direct marketing purposes with respect to special offers, products, services, programs, promotions, surveys, publications, invitations or other opportunities that may be of interest to certain demographic groups.

 

Linked Sites

Our website may contain links to other websites, including social media sites, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the collection, use or disclosure of information collected through third-party websites and expressly disclaim any liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure. We are not responsible for any information or content contained on such sites. Your browsing, use, and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to this website, are subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please review the privacy policy posted on any website that you may access through, or which links to this website. Please note that if you provide information via a social media site or participate in a social media site linked to this website, you consent to our use of your information for any reason as if it were submitted to us directly via this website.

 

Security Procedures

Your email transmissions and/or other communications containing Personal Information may be unlawfully intercepted or accessed by third parties and/or the Website may be subject to hostile network attacks or administrative errors. We do not guarantee the security of any information transmitted over the Internet. Once we receive your Personal Information, we take commercially reasonable steps to limit access to your Personal Information to only those employees and service providers whom we determine need access to the Personal Information to provide the requested products, services, offers or opportunities that may be of interest to you. However, even after we receive your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that your Personal Information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed as a result of a breach of our commercially reasonable efforts or as a result of any other event beyond our reasonable control. Accordingly, we cannot and do not guarantee that your Personal Information is completely secure and safe from such risks. For the avoidance of doubt, we expressly disclaim any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to ensuring, guaranteeing or otherwise offering any definitive promise of security in connection with your Personal Information or Usage Information.

 

Special Note to International Users

The Website is hosted in the United States. If you are attempting to access the Website from a physical location within the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that your use of the Website is governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and the Terms of Use. To the extent you provide Personal Information through the Website, you are transferring your Personal Information to the United States and you consent to:

• such transfer,
• the application of the laws of the United States and/or the State of Missouri with respect to any dispute arising from or related to the Privacy Policy and/or your use of the Website, other than such rules, regulations, case law, and/or international treaties that would result in the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or the State of Florida, and
• the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Florida and the federal courts in Miami, Florida.
• any claim or dispute between you and us that arises from your use of the Website or in connection with the Privacy Policy shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. You agree that such court shall have personal jurisdiction over you, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts, and you waive any objection based on inconvenient forum.

 

Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy

From time to time, bestfriended may revise the Privacy Policy. To help you stay current of any changes, bestfriended notes the date the Privacy Policy was last updated below. Your use of the Website following the posting of any revised Privacy Policy shall be deemed acceptance of the revised policy. Bestfriended strongly recommends that you review the Privacy Policy periodically.  If you disagree with the terms of our Privacy Policy at any time, your sole remedy is to terminate your use of the Website.  Continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the Privacy Policy in effect.

 

Miscellaneous

If any part of the Privacy Policy is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Privacy Policy shall continue to be in force and effect.

 

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at bestfriended.com

 

Posted October 1, 2016

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